World! Wide! Love!
"World! Wide! Love!" is the 33rd physical single and 34th single overall by Japanese singer-songwriter Hitomi and was released on May 20, 2009 by Avex Trax.[1] "World! Wide! Love!" is the second single from, and is set to appear on, Hitomi's ninth studio album, "Love Life 2".[2]
| "World! Wide! Love!" | ||||
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| Single by Hitomi | ||||
| from the album Love Life 2 | ||||
| B-side | "ココロの草原" | |||
| Released | May 20, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Pop-rock | |||
| Length | 15:13 (CD) | |||
| Label | Love Life Records (Subsidiary of Avex Trax) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hitomi Furuya | |||
| Producer(s) | Hiroyuki Fujino, Hiroki | |||
| Hitomi singles chronology | ||||
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Background
While there were many rumors that Hitomi was going to retire, they were quickly disbanded when her 34th single, "Sagashi Tsuduketeta Mono/World! Wide! Love!", a double a-side featuring a "pop ballad", was announced to be released on January 28, 2009. However, this single was soon cancelled for unknown reasons.[3] Not long after, another single release, tentatively titled, "Birth", was soon scheduled on online stores to release a month later, on February 18, 2009, in both a CD-only and CD+DVD edition. Once again, however, this single release was cancelled for unknown reasons.[4] Finally, however, her ninth studio album, then untitled, was confirmed by online retailers and Hitomi's official website. Soon after, "World! Wide! Love!" was announced.[5] The title track was used in skincare product "Easuterinie" commercials, and was also a tie-in song for the "Bee TV" series in Japan.[6] Both "World! Wide! Love!" and the b-side "Kokoro no Sogen" will appear on Hitomi's upcoming album "Love Life 2".[2]
Music video
The promotional video does not feature Hitomi herself; rather, it depicts a girl in a long t-shirt walking around a school campus. As she walks, more girls join her and wear part of the girl's long t-shirt. The beginning of the video features a spoken, robotic message (most likely from Hitomi herself), and the song used in the video prior to release of Love Life 2 uses a more vocoded voice than the version on the single. This vocoder version appeared on the CD Love Life 2 However, the version of the video on the CD+DVD version of Love Life 2 uses the single mix.
Track listing
| # | Title | Lyrics | Composers | Arrangers | Time |
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| 01 | "World! Wide! Love!" | Hitomi Furuya | Hiroyuki Fujino | Hiroyuki Fujino | 4:20 |
| 02 | "ココロの草原" | Hitomi Furuya | Hiroyuki Fujino | Hiroki | 3:37 |
| 03 | "World! Wide! Love! (Instrumental)" | Hiroyuki Fujino | Hiroyuki Fujino | 4:21 | |
| 04 | "ココロの草原 (Instrumental)" | Hiroyuki Fujino | Hiroki | 3:35 | |
Charts
- Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)[7]
| Release | Chart | Peak position | Sales total | Chart run |
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| May 20, 2009 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | |||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 119 | 645 | 1 week | |
| Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart |